Legislation
- Title
- Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)
- Sponsored by
- Delegate Stewart
- Status
- Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 19 of 2021 Special Session
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Prohibiting the State or any local jurisdiction from entering into agreements facilitating immigration-related detention by private entities; prohibiting governmental entities from entering into certain agreements to house immigration-related detainees; prohibiting a law enforcement agent from performing certain acts, subject to certain exceptions; requiring governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of immigration-related detainees by October 1, 2022; etc.
Committees
- Original:
- Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media
- Opposite:
- Judicial Proceedings
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Last Updated: 12/14/2021 4:57 PM